aborted
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈbɔɹtɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
aborted (not comparable)
- Brought forth prematurely.
- Checked in normal development at an early stage.
- Spines are aborted branches.
- (biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
- 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:
- The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state.
Derived terms
Translations
brought forth prematurely
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